12-letter words containing t, o, g, s
- barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
- basing point — a geographical location from which freight charges are computed by the seller regardless of the point from which the goods are shipped.
- bastinadoing — Present participle of bastinado.
- battlewagons — Plural form of battlewagon.
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- betting shop — A betting shop is a place where people can go to bet on something such as a horse race.
- bibliologist — a student of bibliology
- bibliopegist — a bookbinder
- binding post — one of several metal pegs or rods, fitted into a loose-leaf binder, for holding sheets with prepunched holes.
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
- biting louse — any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts
- blockbusting — A blockbusting film or book is one that is very successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- bog-standard — If you describe something as bog-standard you mean that is an ordinary example of its kind, with no exciting or interesting features.
- bonnet glass — monteith (def 2).
- bonnet-glass — a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
- bottle glass — glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium
- bottom grass — any grass that grows on bottoms or lowlands.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- bus topology — bus
- caliginosity — darkness
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- castigations — Plural form of castigation.
- casting vote — When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
- castor sugar — finely ground or powdered sugar.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- caught short — having a sudden need to urinate or defecate
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- chaetognaths — Plural form of chaetognath.
- chirognomist — someone who studies chirognomy
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- chronologist — a person versed in chronology.
- cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
- coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
- code segment — (memory) (Intel 8086 CS) The area of memory containing the machine code instructions of a program. The code segment of a program may be shared between multiple processes running that code so long as none of them tries to modify it. Initialised data is located in the data segment.
- coding sheet — a form on which a program is written
- cogenerators — Plural form of cogenerator.
- cognoscitive — having the ability to know or discover: cognoscitive powers.
- cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
- collegiates' — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- concertgoers — Plural form of concertgoer.
- conchologist — One who collects shells, especially for the purpose of scientific study.
- confiscating — Present participle of confiscate.
- congelations — Plural form of congelation.